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Getting started in year 3 - short course

CP459 Live remote training course

Explore how to teach computing in Year 3 using the Teach Computing Curriculum

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Computing Key stage 2 Primary certificate
Live remote training course 3 hours

  • Live remote training 9 October 17:00—9 October 2023
  • Live remote training 13 October 13:00—13 October 2023
  • Live remote training 17 October 13:00—17 October 2023
  • Live remote training 19 October 15:45—19 October 2023
  • Live remote training 30 October 14:00—30 October 2023
  • Live remote training 20 November 16:00—20 November 2023
  • Live remote training 7 December 15:30—7 December 2023
  • Live remote training 11 December 16:00—11 December 2023
  • Live remote training 15 January 15:45—22 January 2024
  • Live remote training 31 January 14:00—31 January 2024
  • Live remote training 21 March 09:00—25 April 2024
  • Live remote training 17 April 09:00—17 April 2024
  • Live remote training 25 April 09:00—25 April 2024
  • Live remote training 7 May 13:00—7 May 2024
  • Live remote training 12 June 11:00—12 June 2024
  • Live remote training 8 July 13:00—8 July 2024

This course provides a comprehensive look at how to teach computing in Year 3 using the Teach Computing Curriculum. You will be guided through the topics and skills taught at Year 3 and understand how they fit into the wider Teach Computing Curriculum. You will also have a go at many of the activities that you will teach your class and discuss the practicalities of running them in your setting. Designed for any teacher who would like the confidence to teach Year 3 computing effectively in their own classroom. You’ll take-away a full computing curriculum package ready-to-teach and will learn how to further develop your capability in this exciting and vital subject.

Who is it for?

Year 3 classroom teachers

Topics covered

  • digital devices networks
  • branching databases
  • creating animation
  • desktop publishing
  • programming in scratch looking at sequence in music

How long is this course?

This course is approximately three hours in duration, split across 2 sessions with a short gap task.

How will you learn?

Remotely delivered sessions online and a short gap task.

Outcomes

By the end of this course you will be able to:

  • Recognise the content and structure of the Teach Computing Curriculum in Year 3
  • Gain confidence through hand-on experience of Teach Computing Curriculum lesson materials
  • Understand how this content fits into the Teach Computing Curriculum across the whole primary age range
  • Identify how the curriculum may be adapted to the context of own school

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